Opening Films Short Documentary / Animation / Short Feature Film
Saturday, 1. October, 22pm
Ameryka / America / Amerika
Poland / 2015 / Short Film / 29 min
OT Polish / UT English
Once upon a time in America… Just that it's Ameryka, a remote Polish village, where two girls are dreaming of a better life and the big wide world. A country road. A bus stop. The starting point of a journey that is going to have a severe impact on the girls' friendship.
Director: Aleksandra Terpinska, Producer: Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia,
Script: Aleksandra Terpinska, DoP: Bartosz Bieniek,
Editor: Przemyslaw Chruscielewski, Sound: Mateusz Adamczyk, Grzegorz Kucharski, Sebastian Witkowski, Music: N/A
Aleksandra Terpinska is a student of Directing at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Faculty of Radio and Television), a graduate of Psychology at the University of Wroclaw. She is the director and screenwriter of short films, commercials and music videos. Her previous film "All Souls' Day" was shown on over 100 film festivals and received 16 awards.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 1
Sunday, 2. October, 16pm
Goormardha / The Cemetery Men / Der Klagesänger
Iran / 2015 / Short Film / 29 min
OT Azerbaijani / UT English
The film leads us onto a cemetery in the Iranian mountains where an old-established traditional mourning singer plies his trade. His work is disrupted by the arrival of a fashionable young singer who tries to contest his territory.
Director: Ali Mardomi, Producer: Iranian Youth Cinema Society,
Script: Ali Mardomi, DoP: Mohammad Fakouri,
Editor: Kioumars Samadi Tari, Sound: Hossein Ghurchian, Music: N/A
Born 1982 in Urmia (Iran) Ali Mardomi started to make films with the Iranian Youth Cinema Society in 2006.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 1
Sunday, 2. October, 16pm
L'Homme De Ma Vie / The Man of the Life / Der Mann meines Lebens
France / 2015 / Short Film / 25 min
OT French / UT English
You still have dreams at 13… A little story of a first love amongst the hustle and bustle of young Alice's school days. An unexcited and sympathetic film that accompanies its protagonists through this experience.
Director: Mélanie Delloye, Producer: Topshot Films - Robin Robles,
Script: Mélanie Delloye, DoP: Leanordo d'Antoni,
Editor: Clémence Carré, Sound: Clément Decaudin, Music: Vincent Girault
Mélanie Delloye is part French and part Colombian. After studying Philosophy and Russian in Paris, she moved to New York to follow NYU's Graduate Film Program. During those years, she made her first short films and had the opportunity to collaborate with many other filmmakers. She is currently working as a screenwriter in France and Latin America.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 2
Monday, 3. October, 18pm
Rampa / Slope / Rampe
Portugal / 2015 / Short Film / 16 min
OT Portuguese / UT English
Matilde's daily routine changes abruptly when her parents get divorced and she has to move to another neighbourhood with her mother and her younger brother. It means social descent, but she's trying to hide that from her friends at school.
Director: Margarida Lucas, Producer: Margarida Lucas,
Script: Margarida Lucas, DoP: João Gambino,
Editor: Margarida Lucas, Sound: Tiago Galvão, Music: Norberto Lobo
Born in Lisbon, 1983. Margarida Lucas moved to London when she was 18 to study Media at UWL. She did an MA in Cinematography at ESCAC, Barcelona. In 2009 she moved to New York where she currently lives and works as a film editor. Slope is Margarida Lucas’ debut as a director.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 2
Monday, 3. October, 18pm
Sinyt / The Son / Der Sohn
Bulgaria / 2015 / Short Film / 28 min
OT Bulgarian / UT English
A life on the fringe of Bulgarian society, pictured through quiet takes of a family's intimate daily routines. Every morning, father jumps the train and goes to town in order to bring some money or at least something to eat back home in the evening.
Director: Hristo Simeonov, Producer: Kostadin Bonev,
Script: Deyan Enevand, Hristo Simeonov, DoP: Vesselin Hristov,
Editor: Jonathan Haidelberger, Sound: Veselin Zografov, Music: N/A
Hristo Simeonov, a young Bulgarian director, is the director of several award winning short films. From 2009 till now he has been collaborating with several foundations that work in the field of the human rights of the minority groups in Bulgaria, and he has made lots of videos with social purposes and documentaries.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 2
Monday, 3. October, 18pm
Une Vie Ordinaire / An Ordinary Life / Ein gewöhnliches Leben
France, Switzerland / 2016 / Short Film / 20 min
OT French / UT English
Although a strong-willed person, 15-year-old Nadja can hardly cope with the triple task of attending school, taking care of her younger brother and keeping house. Realising that her own life is getting out of hand, she confronts her mother on one of the rare occasions when she comes home.
Director: Sonia Rolland, Producer: Bagan Films,
Script: Sonia Rolland, Damien Barranger, DoP: Christophe Larue,
Editor: Benjamin Courtines, Antoine Faure, Sound: Ludo Elias, Music: Emmanuel Dorlando in collaboration with Thomas Parent
Sonia Rolland was born in Kigali, Rwanda to a Tutsi mother and a French father. The family fled the civil unrest in 1990 to Burundi. They emigrated to France in 1994 in Cluny. Voted « Miss France 2000 », she began an acting career in TV or film. Today she throws herself into directing with «Rwanda, from chaos to miracle» and her short film «An ordinary life».
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 3
Tuesday, 4. October, 20pm
Binnen Vier Muren / Within four Walls / Binnen vier Wänden
Netherlands / 2014 / Short Film / 25 min
OT Dutch / UT English
Huib and Tom, two brothers from a Dutch province, still live in the house where they were born and grew up. Advanced age, an accident and its consequences make it impossible for them to stay in their rural surroundings without help.
Director: Hyo Kaag, Producer: Sofie Vlasveld,
Script: Hyo Kaag, DoP: Rick Brussee,
Editor: Jan van Gorkum, Sound: Martijn Scholte, Music: Daniel Drommel
Hyo Kaag (*1987, Yon-gin kun, South Korea) is a Dutch young woman who just finished filmschool. She studied writing for the screen and directing for fiction and gained extra experience trough several internships where she assisted several directors, writers and producers.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 3
Tuesday, 4. October, 20pm
ESEL / Carry On / Esel
Austria / 2015 / Short Film / 23 min
OT German / UT English
A lonely farm in the middle of a forest, inhabited by an old couple who live a life of daily grind and exertion which has become too hard for them to cope with. They get support from an old and weak donkey. When the farmer, normally a hands-on fellow, learns that his long-standing companion is going to die soon, he feels that he loves the animal more than he's willing to admit. A parable about death and parting.
Director: Rafael Haider, Producer: Lola Basara-Hengl,
Script: Rafael Haider, DoP: Lukas Schöffel,
Editor: Birgit Bergmann, Sound: Mathias Seebacher, Maximilian Liebich, Paul Ploberger, Music: Henning Backhaus
Rafael Haider was born on 12.3.1989 in Oberndorf (Salzburg). He has been studying film direction at Vienna Film Academy since 2007. In addition, he has been a director for commercials since 2011.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 3
Tuesday, 4. October, 20pm
Et Wor Alles Wéi Ëmmer / Everything Was As Always / Es war alles wie immer
Luxembourg / 2016 / Short Film / 19 min
OT Luxembourgish / UT English
A young woman helps out on a farm in Luxemburg because the farmer's wife ran away. She is in love with his son, but he has no idea what to do with a farm. An inconspicuous film about the dead end of the rural lifestyle and the diversity of expectations from life.
Director: Max Jacoby, Producer: Govinda van Naele,
Script: Max Jacoby, Govinda van Naele, DoP: Fredrick Bäckar,
Editor: N/A, Sound: Carlo Thoss, Music: Kyan Bayani
Max Jacoby graduated from London Film School in 2001. His film “Butterflies” was given the award for Best European Short Film at Venice Film Festival in 2005 and was shortlisted for the European Film Awards. His first full feature film, “Dust”, was selected for the Pusan Film Festival (Korea) in 2009.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 4
Thursday, 6. October, 18pm
BA'ALOT HASHAHAR / At Dawn / In der Dämmerung
Israel, Germany / 2015 / Short Film / 18 min
OT Hebrew / UT English
Young Ali, of Israeli-Palestinian origin, joins an Israeli group of peace campaigners and learns the hard way how impossible it is to stay unhurt in a society whose daily routine is dominated by violence.
Director: Omri Burstyn, Producer: Ruthy Pribar,
Script: Omri Burstyn, DoP: Eitan Hatuka,
Editor: Nitzan Saar, Sound: Eyal Shindler, Music: Nitai Gvirtz, System Ali
Omri Burstyn was born in Israel in 1985. He graduated from The Sam Spiegel Film School in 2014. In his youth, Omri was politically involved in human rights and peace movements and worked as a counselor in a youth group. His diploma film "At Dawn" is a reflection on these experiences.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 4
Thursday, 6. October, 18pm
Vacuum / Vakuum
Germany / 2016 / Short Film / 25 min
OT German / UT English
12-year-old Marcel is being harassed. Seeking for support, he thinks he has found the means to solve his problems. But his plans don't work out as expected.
Director: Felix Ahrens, Producer: David Nienhold,
Script: Lucas Flasch, Felix Ahrens, DoP: Valentin Selmke,
Editor: Michal Kuleba, Sound: Erik Petzold, Music: Jens Heuler
Felix Ahrens, born 1986, completed several internships in film and TV after graduating from school and worked as a freelance associate director thereafter. In 2010, he co-founded CURLYPICTURES. Since 2012 he has been a student of film direction at Konrad Wolf Film University Babelsberg.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 5
Friday, 7. October, 20pm
ÁRTÚN / Artun
Iceland, DENMARK / 2014 / Short Film / 21 min
OT Icelandic / UT English
Arnar, a boy who grew up in rural Iceland, has never kissed a girl. When he learns from his friends that the girls of Reykjavík sell kisses for a cigarette, they all set out to get to the capital.
Director: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, Producer: Anton Máni Svansson, Jacob Oliver Krarup, Darin Mailand-Mercado, Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson,
Script: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, DoP: Sturla Brandth Grovlen,
Editor: Jacob Schulsinger, Christian Einshoj, Sound: Gunnar Óskarsson, Huldar Freyr Arnarson, Music: N/A
Gudmundur Arnar (*1982, Reykjavik, Iceland) graduated in fine art from the Icelandic Art Academy. There after he moved to Denmark and studied screenwriting. Gudmundur Arnar works as a filmmaker and a part time teacher in film and fine art. His short films have collected 50 international awards and over 200 nominations.
Short Feature Film / Animation Film 5
Friday, 7. October, 20pm
Jay parmi les hommes / Jay amongst Men / Jay unter Männern
Belgium, france / 2015 / Short Film / 28 min
OT French / UT English
Jay grows up in his father's male-dominated world of factory workers. He's longing for love and appreciation, but those, in these parts, are only to be gained by winning a woman. The boy, only 14, therefore changes his course in order to forget that he's still a child.
Director: Zeno Graton, Producer: Julie Esparbes,
Script: Zeno Graton, Louise Dubois, DoP: Juliette Van Dormael,
Editor: Alice de Matha, Zeno Graton, Sound: Lucas Le Bart, Music: Valerio Selig
Born in Brussels in 1990, Zeno Graton studied cinematography and film direction at INSAS. He also works in the field of theater as video director.